Notice is hereby given that the Longboat Key Town Commission will hold second reading and public hearing for Ordinance 2016-14 onMay 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible.The public hearingwill be heldin the Town Commission Chamber, at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road,Longboat Key, Florida.

ORDINANCE 2016-14

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, GRANTING TO PEOPLES GAS SYSTEM, A DIVISION OF TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A NON-EXCLUSIVE NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SAID FRANCHISE MAY BE EXERCISED; PROVIDING FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 85-17; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the ordinances.Copies of the ordinances and related materials may be viewed prior to the public hearing at the Office of the Town Clerk, 501 Bay Isles Road, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings.Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, FS).In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, FS, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding.Call 941-373-7002 if you are hearing impaired.

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